Lamp-working apparatus.



W. F. HUTOHI NSON LAMP WORKING APPARATU3. APPLIOATION IJILBZD NOV. 14, 1908.

Patented Aug. 10, 1909.

UN T D s'rATEs PATEN I OFFICE.

WILLIAM F. HUTCH-INSON, OF NYACK, NEW. YORK, ASSIGNOR ONE-HALF T CHARLES A.

TATUM, OFNEW YORK, N. Y.

LAMP-WORKING APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 10, race.

V n usndn mamas 14, 1908. smart. 462,553;

To all who... a my mega Be a known that-I, W1, mu Hummson, of Nyack, Rocklandcounty, New York,

have v invented a new and .fuseful' Improvement in Lamp-WorkingApparatua ofwhich' the following is a full, clear, and e t d scr1pt1on;-; v v

M. inventionrelates to improvements in mec 'anism for'operating, that is, irecting lam s on automobilesand other vehicles. .T e object of m invention is to produce an extremely simp e and pcsitive mechanism actuated by the turning of 'the wheels in steering, and ada tedto automatically turn proaectmg ofi-at, an angle when" .a turn is ma m I the lamps, or at, east one lamp, so that" the light rays will precede the wheels insteadof 1 I am aware thatmechanism is used for accomphshmglthe aboveresult, but this invention is intended to reduce said mecham ism to verysimpleandpositive terms, and to an ap rovid'e art-apparatus which readily adjusts itself to an inequality of the road and which is not .like y to get out of order 'orbe badly fouled with'du'st, etc. a .My; invention is alsokintended to, produce aratus v attac ed'to the frameof anyordmary oar.

' Reference is to behad-totheaccompanying drawings forming a art'of this specification, in which similar is erence characters indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

' Figure 1 is a front-elevation of an automobile provided with nay-improved apparatus. Fig. 2 is a detail plan of a portion o the a paratus. Fig.3 is'an'enlar'ged detail in si e elevation, showing especial the means'of attaching the device to the automobile or car frame. Fig; 4 is a detail sectional plan of the earcase and its accessories, and 5 is a roken detail partlyin vertical section, Thowing-the direct means for turning the ap roved kind, and I have shown it roml ed with the customary steering knuc les' 10 having forwardly extending arms 11,

which,

bich can be Very cpnveniently to the vertical shaft 18 which turns in a journal bearing 19, and-has a collar 20' connecting, it dust ti ht'with the hearing. The bearing 19 isin the form of a sleeve andhas an offset 19 forming a bearing for a stud 27 which will be hereinafter referred to, The bearing or sleeve 19 is provided with brackets 2'1 and .22 by means of which it is attached tothe side frame 23 of the car. The bracket 21 is jointed as shown at 21so that after the bolt is put through the bracket 22, the bracket-21 can be adjusted to bring the sleeve 19 to the right osition. The shaft 18 extends upward and as at the topa gear 25 which turns in a gear. case 19 formed on the upper end of the sleeve or journal bear- "ing 19. Thegear 25 meshes with a corresponding gear 26 onthe vertical stud or pin 27, and the latter has an enlarged head 28 whichextends 11 Ward through the top of the gearcase 19 he head of the pin 28 carries an internally screw threaded sleeve 28 (see 5) into which are screwed the arms 29 of t lamp 30. 'Nuts 31 on the arms serve to lock vthem place, and by manipulating the nuts andturning the arms, they can be adjusted so astofit difierent widths of lamps. The arms can be tip ed with the sleeve 28 and held in position ythe set screw 33. The stud head 28 has a rear-wardly extend- ;ing crank 32, and the crank carries a stud 34 which is, secured by means 'of a nut 35 and a connecting rod 36 extends through the or equivalent fastening. The connecting rod 36 connects with the second stud 34 on the opposite side of the frame of the ma- *chine, and this stud 34is carried by a crank T e automobile or other car can be of any I however, insome carsextend rear ward mstead of forward. The arms are connected by the connecting rod 12 as usuali 32 connecting with a stud 28 like that already described, and this second stud 28 1s journaled in a bracket 38 and carries a second lamp 3O reoisely as in the first instance described. ated in unison, but by disconnecting the rod 36 one lamp can be held stationary and the other turned by the steering of the wheel.

It will be observed that when the wheels are turned as in steering, a lateral movement 15, and t at the movement will aso, by means of the crank 17, shaft 18 and gears 25 and 26, be, im arted to the stud 27 and to the lamp brac et 29. It will be further obstfud 34 and is secured by the, set screw 37 e lamp bracket which supports the bus the two lamps are oper-v will be im arted to the rod 12 and pitman served/that there is very in this apparatus, and that the parts are connected so as to be ositive in their movements, easily acoessi le, and little likely to 5 get out of order. J 4

Having thus fully described my invention,

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent l. The combination with a wheeled vehiele having steering mechanism, oi vertically arranged. oscillating. studs supported on the frame of the vehicle and connected together to turn in unison, a gear'case supported on the vehicle frame, a gear in the case connected to one of the aforesaid studs, and a second "gear meshing little mechanism 'steerlng mechanism, a stud projecting) up with the first gear and opera- L upper end into an inelosed gear ease, a shaft- 111 the sleeve, a crank and pitnian connec tion between the shaft and a part of the Ward from the gear case, said stud eing geared to the aforesaid shaft, and a lamp bracket oa'trried by the stud. v

i WILLlAM F. HUTCHINSON. itnesses A -WARREN B'. HUToHINsoN,

M. G. ODoNNE L. 

